Improvement in sofa-bedsteads



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No.169,771. Patented Nov.9',1875

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SOFA IBEDSTEAD.

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CHRISTIAN BURNITZ, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEM ENT IN SOFA-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 69,771, datedNovember 9, 1875; application filed September 29, 1875.

holstered seat and an upholstered back, which may be adjusted to form adouble bed or two single beds, each provided with a head-rest, and withan intermediate space between them,

in which a childs bed may be made.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a perspective view of the sofa. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the same arranged as a double bed. Fig. 3 is asimilar view, showing the sofa arranged as two single beds. Fig. 4,Sheet 2, isa longitudinal section of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross-sectionat m w in Fig'. 4. Fig. 6 is a cross-section at y 3 in Fig. 2. Fig. 7 isa cross-section at z z in Fig. 3.

In the drawings, A represents a boxframe supported by legs at the fourcorners. B is a seat cushion. so upholstered upon an open frame as toform a cushion seat, or, when reversed, a single-width mattress. Thiscushion sits into the frame A, being supported therein by a canvasbottom, A, Fig. 3. At each end of the cushion-frame there is pivoted abar, I), having a stud, c, at the other end, which slides in a slot, at,in the end of frame A, so as to allow the cushion to be folded therein,or be turned over bottom up in front of said frame, when it can besupported by two legs, 61 d, hinged to the front edge of said cushion,and under which they are folded when the bed is conver ed into a sofa. Cis the back-cushion, upholstered like the other. It is connected at thelower edge with the back edge of the main frame by two straps, e e, atrifle longer than the width of the cushion, so that when the back isturned down horizontally it will be supported by two folding legs, f f,at the back edge, and the body of it by the said straps, as seen inFigs.

3 and 7, or, if preferred to make an ordinary double bed, theback-cushion is faced down on the bottom A of the main frame, as seen inFigs. 2 and 6. The bottom A is made of canvas stretched over a lightwooden frame, 9, supported by spiral springs h under the ends andmiddle, so as to afford a yielding support.

In the position shown in Fig. 3, by folding a coverlet and laying it onthe bottom A, a comfortable bed may be made for a child or a thirdperson.

When arranged as a sofa, the back is supported in position by two woodenbracketpieces, D D, having an iron bolt at the lower end of each, whichis inserted in staples in the back legs of the main frame. Pins t' arepassed through the brackets into the ends of said cushion-frame to lockit in position. A cylindrical pillow, E, is made in two semi-cylindrichalves, so arranged that they can be taken apart or hooked together atthe ends.

Two pairs of brackethookaj, are provided,

each pair being received in sockets in the cushion-frames, so thatone-half of the pillow maybe supported at the head of each mattress as aheadrest, or the entire pillow may be supported at one end of the sofa,as shown.

What I claim as my invention is l. The combination of the cushions B 0,bars I) b, legs 01 f, straps e, and brackets D D, with the. frame A,substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

2. The divided pillow E and bracket-hooks j, in combination with asofa-bed, substantially as described.

CHRISTIAN BURNITZ. Witnesses:

WM. H. LoTz, WM. G. HOFFMANN.

